When Was King Stefan The First-Crowned Included Among The Saints? A Contribution To The Study Of Royal “Canonization” In Medieval Serbia Cover Image

Када је Краљ Стефан Првовенчани уврштен у светитеље? Прилог проучавању владарске „канонизације“ у средњовековној Србији
When Was King Stefan The First-Crowned Included Among The Saints? A Contribution To The Study Of Royal “Canonization” In Medieval Serbia

Author(s): Danica Popović
Subject(s): History
Published by: Vizantološki institut SANU
Keywords: cult of saints; relics; canonization; Stefan the First-Crowned; Žiča

Summary/Abstract: The surviving sources suggest that St Sava of Serbia was, as part of the programme of securing sacral legitimacy for the state and dynasty, setting the scene for the inclusion of his brother Stefan, the fi rst-crowned Serbian king, among the saints. This part of the programme was not fully realized, but the focus of the cult was on the incorrupt relics. The cult of Stefan the First-Crowned was not rounded off until the seventeenth century, when the Patriarch Paisios wrote a vita and a service. The development of the cult over the centuries (from the 13th to the 20th century) was a direct refl ection of changing historical circumstances and the prevailing ideology of rulership.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 50/2
  • Page Range: 573-585
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Serbian